howlet

[ hou-lit ]

noun

, British Dialect.

1. an owl or owlet.

howlet

/ ˈhaʊlɪt /

noun

1. See owl
   archaic.
   another word for owl

Word History and Origins

Origin of howlet¹

1425–75; late Middle English; perhaps < French hulotte wood-owl, perhaps derivative of Middle French huler to howl < Germanic; howl

Word History and Origins

Origin of howlet¹

C15: diminutive of howle owl

Example Sentences

Leaving Howlet and Meadows grinning at a highly improbable adventure, he slapped the boy on the shoulder.

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It would have been nice to see Meadows wind up rich, or for Howlet to become mayor of the dome, but what could I do?

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Better if he sate in a barn and helped madge-howlet to catch mice!

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And I heard close at hand the call of an owl, as like the whimper of a child as ever howlet's vesper mocked.

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"But I was not thinking of going there to-night," she added, and the howlet in the bush beside me hooted at my ignominy.

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